Publications by authors named "Adriana Lucia Pastore E Silva"
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of pulsed signal therapy (PST) on patellofemoral pain syndrome associated with patellar chondropathy. A prospective randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial included 25 patients (41 knees) between 20 and 50 years with pain due to isolated patellofemoral syndrome with chondropathy. PST group received nine 60-min daily sessions of PST treatment.
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- * A group of 90 patients aged 55-85 underwent evaluations before and at various times post knee surgeries, using a translated questionnaire analyzed for reliability and internal consistency.
- * Findings indicated the translated 2011 Knee Society Score is both valid and reliable for assessing functionality in Brazilian patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and revision TKA.
Objective: To translate, culturally adapt and validate the "Knee Society Score"(KSS) for the Portuguese language and determine its measurement properties, reproducibility and validity.
Methods: We analyzed 70 patients of both sexes, aged between 55 and 85 years, in a cross-sectional clinical trial, with diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis ,undergoing total knee arthroplasty surgery. We assessed the patients with the English version of the KSS questionnaire and after 30 minutes with the Portuguese version of the KSS questionnaire, done by a different evaluator.